Video captures a lone female pulling crab traps out of the water, but does it count as tool use?
Have wild wolves learned to use tools?
Video captures a lone female pulling crab traps out of the water, but does it count as tool use?
Month: November 2025
This parasitic ant tricks workers into killing their own queen
Scientists capture a unique—and gruesome—example of matricide in the animal kingdom
Scientists capture a unique—and gruesome—example of matricide in the animal kingdom
AI spots ‘ghost’ signatures of ancient life on Earth
Find could revolutionize search for early life on our planet and elsewhere in the cosmos
Find could revolutionize search for early life on our planet and elsewhere in the cosmos
Forty-thousand-year-old mammoth mummies yield oldest RNA yet found
Ancient RNA promises to shed light on how genes functioned in extinct animals
Ancient RNA promises to shed light on how genes functioned in extinct animals
Republican push to make U.S. census surveys voluntary alarms statisticians
Pending bills targeting decennial census and American Community Survey would make results less reliable
Pending bills targeting decennial census and American Community Survey would make results less reliable
Is NIH cutting corners as it rushes to fill leadership positions?
Unlike in the past, agency searches appear to exclude help from outside academic researchers
Unlike in the past, agency searches appear to exclude help from outside academic researchers
Research linking gut microbes to autism is deeply flawed, critics say
Amid growing investment in the field, a new paper argues it rests on shaky foundations
Amid growing investment in the field, a new paper argues it rests on shaky foundations
Deal to end U.S. shutdown includes good news for farm science funding
Lawmakers reject Trump’s request for deep cuts to research programs
Lawmakers reject Trump’s request for deep cuts to research programs
The Trump administration is dismantling efforts to fight the next pandemic
A retreat from investments in drugs and vaccines leaves U.S. less prepared for the next viral scourge, experts warn
A retreat from investments in drugs and vaccines leaves U.S. less prepared for the next viral scourge, experts warn
Astronomers detect first eruption of plasma around a star other than the Sun
Coronal mass ejections would make it hard for planets to keep an atmosphere and host life
Coronal mass ejections would make it hard for planets to keep an atmosphere and host life